My dad was recently using his computer and i locked up. I could no longer get this machine to boot up so I assumed that the power supply was shot. I purchased a new power supply and plugged in nothing but the motherboard connector and the secondary power connector to the board. When I turned the machine on the power supply turned on and the processor fan spun up but then I noticed smoke coming from the chipset chip on the motherboard. Any thoughts?
2007-06-01 11:26:03 · 6 answers · asked by ericcoz 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Could there have been anything I did wrong to cause this or is this just likely the motherboard going?
2007-06-01 11:50:03 · update #1
Lightly run your finger tip over all the IC's that you can. If any of them feel like they have a bubble in the middle, it is fried. Smoke coming from a computer is never a good sign.
2007-06-01 11:48:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At this factor that's probably the ram failing. whilst this occurs you need to the two bypass into opposite the clock or rework the settings...Now I relatively have only built a working laptop or computing gadget with this precise board and clocked a fsb of as much as 293 besides the shown fact that it wasn't good i think of i settled @ 278 which many have pronounced seems to be a sprint a top cut back for this board. yet different concerns is that with 2 stick of ram @ distinctive sizes the ram won't ram in twin channel mode so this might additionally be a proscribing ingredient. ultimately have you ever tried hitting ctrl-F1 interior the bios to open the stepped forward placing to offer the device a sprint extra voltage? ultimately if your unhappy w/ overall performance....ebay the processors and get an E5200 the processor is barely ~ $75 yet starts @ 2.5 ghz and has 12.5x multiplier so it easily ran as much as 3.4 ghz I sponsored it as much as 3.25 because of the fact the ram timings have been tighter on my low-fee *** ram. yet that total device i built for decrease than $3 hundred and it outruns my 3.15ghz (OC'ed) q6400 quad. stable success and it you desire some ideas deliver me a message.
2016-11-24 22:54:14 · answer #2 · answered by natala 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your MB is pretty much done cooking and ready to be eaten.
You have to change your MB, and unless you find the same one, you will have to re-install your operating system to make sure the system is stable.
Perfect time to upgrade and do a good clean up!!
2007-06-01 11:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by Dan D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toast anyone?
2007-06-01 11:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea ur MB is fried srry :(
2007-06-01 11:29:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bad board. replace it.
2007-06-01 11:29:37 · answer #6 · answered by sivart7555 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋